Online revolution changed the media game

Tim Burrowes

December 21, 2009 9:06

How the rise of online media, the growing profitability of pay TV operator Foxtel, the death of Kerry Packer and the relaxation of media ownership restrictions drove much of the corporate activity of the past 10 years.

The Australian’s James Chessell

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.